:''AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. This log analyzer works as a CGI or from command line and shows you all possible information your log contains, in few graphical web pages. It uses a partial information file to be able to process large log files, often and quickly. It can analyze log files from all major server tools like Apache log files (NCSA combined/XLF/ELF log format or common/CLF log format), WebStar, IIS (W3C log format) and a lot of other web, proxy, wap, streaming servers, mail servers and some ftp servers.''

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== Installation ==

=== mod_perl ===

=== mod_perl ===

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{{ic|mod_perl}} is required to run awstats with apache. {{:ArchTrack/pkg|mod_perl}} package is available in repo extra. So you can install it using pacman.

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{{ic|mod_perl}} is required to run AWStats with {{pkg|apache}}. The {{pkg|mod_perl}} package is available in the [extra] [[Official Repositories|repository]]; install it using [[pacman]].

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# pacman -S mod_perl

=== Awstats ===

=== Awstats ===

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[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11674 Awstats package] is available in AUR. You can use yaourt to build it or you can obtain tarball from AUR and build it yourself.

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The {{pkg|awstats}} package is available in the [community] repository.

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$ yaourt -S awstats

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{{bc|# pacman -S awstats}}

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== Configuring ==

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== Configuration ==

=== Enable mod_perl for Apache ===

=== Enable mod_perl for Apache ===

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To enable {{ic|mod_perl}} in apache, you should add following line to apache configuration (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf).

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To enable {{ic|mod_perl}} in Apache, you should add following line to Apache configuration ({{ic|/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf}}).

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

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=== Configure Apache to log for Awstats ===

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=== Configure Apache to log for AWStats ===

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By default awstats requires Apache to record access logs as 'combined'. Unless you want a different behavior, you should set your access log format as 'combined'. To do so, your apache configuration should look like this:

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By default AWStats requires Apache to record access logs as 'combined'. Unless you want a different behavior, you should set your access log format as 'combined'. To do so, your Apache configuration should look like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>

<VirtualHost *:80>

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CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/returnfalse-access_log" combined

CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/returnfalse-access_log" combined

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{{Box RED|Warning:|At this point, if apache has started to log access with different format, awstats will complain about this because it can't read. So if you are changing apache's log format now, you probably should delete old log files not to confuse Awstats.}}

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{{Warning|At this point, if apache has started to log access with different format, AWStats will complain about this because it cannot read. So if you are changing Apache's log format now, you probably should delete old log files not to confuse AWStats.}}

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=== Including Awstats Configuration to Apache's Configuration ===

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=== Including AWStats configuration in Apache's configuration ===

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If you set the log format, then next step is including awstats config file to apache. The package in AUR has a default one, and it's working without any problem. But incase you want to create your own configuration, default one is this:

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If you set the log format, then next step is including AWStats config file in Apache. The package in the AUR has a default one, and it's working without any problem. But in case you want to create your own configuration, default one is this:

Alias /awstatsclasses "/srv/http/awstats/classes/"

Alias /awstatsclasses "/srv/http/awstats/classes/"

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</Directory>

</Directory>

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Include this file (in AUR case, the path is /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-awstats.conf) to apache's main configuration:

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Include this file (in AUR case, the path is {{ic|/etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-awstats.conf}}) to Apache's main configuration:

Include conf/extra/httpd-awstats.conf

Include conf/extra/httpd-awstats.conf

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Now if you have done all steps correctly, you should be able to see awstats running on http://domaincomeshere.com/awstats/awstats.pl '''of course after restarting apache'''.

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Now if you have done all steps correctly, you should be able to see AWStats running on http://localhost/awstats/awstats.pl '''of course after restarting Apache'''.

# /etc/rc.d/httpd restart

# /etc/rc.d/httpd restart

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One last thing, which is the actual aim, make awstats read logs and convert them to stats.

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One last thing, which is the actual aim, make AWStats read logs and convert them to stats.

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=== Awstats Configuration ===

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=== AWStats Configuration ===

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Package in AUR comes with a out of the box hourly cron to update stats shown on awstats. This cron script reads awstats configuration files in {{ic|/etc/awstats}} and updates the stats for the sites that are defined in these configuration files. Instead of creating these configuration files, you can use awstats' configuration tool. Run:

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The package comes with an hourly [[cron]] script to update stats shown on AWStats. This cron script reads AWStats configuration files in {{ic|/etc/awstats}} and updates the stats for the sites that are defined in these configuration files. Instead of creating these configuration files, you can use AWStats' configuration tool. Run:

perl /usr/share/awstats/tools/awstats_configure.pl

perl /usr/share/awstats/tools/awstats_configure.pl

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and follow the instructions. If you are successfully created config file there is one thing that you should modify manually. Open the configuration file created by {{ic|awstats_configure.pl}} with your favorite text editor. Then find the line on which {{ic|LogFile}} variable is defined, and set it as the path that apache logs accesses (which you set to be logged as 'combined' format before):

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and follow the instructions. If you successfully created config file there is one thing that you should modify manually. Open the configuration file created by {{ic|awstats_configure.pl}} with your favorite text editor. Then find the line on which {{ic|LogFile}} variable is defined, and set it as the path that Apache logs accesses (which you set to be logged as 'combined' format before):

LogFile=/var/log/httpd/returnfalse-access_log

LogFile=/var/log/httpd/returnfalse-access_log

You are done, now you can run hourly cron script to test the results.

You are done, now you can run hourly cron script to test the results.

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{{Box RED|Remember:|With these settings anyone will be able to reach awstats. Setting a authentication would help keeping these stats private.}}

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{{Warning|With these settings anyone will be able to reach AWStats. Setting a authentication would help keeping these stats private.}}

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[mod_perl]] Apache + Perl

* [[mod_perl]] Apache + Perl

Revision as of 04:52, 14 September 2013

AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. This log analyzer works as a CGI or from command line and shows you all possible information your log contains, in few graphical web pages. It uses a partial information file to be able to process large log files, often and quickly. It can analyze log files from all major server tools like Apache log files (NCSA combined/XLF/ELF log format or common/CLF log format), WebStar, IIS (W3C log format) and a lot of other web, proxy, wap, streaming servers, mail servers and some ftp servers.

Awstats

Configuration

Enable mod_perl for Apache

To enable mod_perl in Apache, you should add following line to Apache configuration (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf).

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

Configure Apache to log for AWStats

By default AWStats requires Apache to record access logs as 'combined'. Unless you want a different behavior, you should set your access log format as 'combined'. To do so, your Apache configuration should look like this:

Warning: At this point, if apache has started to log access with different format, AWStats will complain about this because it cannot read. So if you are changing Apache's log format now, you probably should delete old log files not to confuse AWStats.

Including AWStats configuration in Apache's configuration

If you set the log format, then next step is including AWStats config file in Apache. The package in the AUR has a default one, and it's working without any problem. But in case you want to create your own configuration, default one is this:

One last thing, which is the actual aim, make AWStats read logs and convert them to stats.

AWStats Configuration

The package comes with an hourly cron script to update stats shown on AWStats. This cron script reads AWStats configuration files in /etc/awstats and updates the stats for the sites that are defined in these configuration files. Instead of creating these configuration files, you can use AWStats' configuration tool. Run:

perl /usr/share/awstats/tools/awstats_configure.pl

and follow the instructions. If you successfully created config file there is one thing that you should modify manually. Open the configuration file created by awstats_configure.pl with your favorite text editor. Then find the line on which LogFile variable is defined, and set it as the path that Apache logs accesses (which you set to be logged as 'combined' format before):

LogFile=/var/log/httpd/returnfalse-access_log

You are done, now you can run hourly cron script to test the results.

Warning: With these settings anyone will be able to reach AWStats. Setting a authentication would help keeping these stats private.